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Alkekengi officinarum

Moench

Strawberry Ground-cherry

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157747

Element CodePDSOL0S020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderSolanales

FamilySolanaceae

GenusAlkekengi

Synonyms

Physalis alkekengiL.

Other Common Names

Chinese-lantern Plant (EN) Coqueret alkékenge (FR) Winter-cherry (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Sullivan's treatment in FNA (2023, vol. 14) recognizes Alkekengi officinarum, saying, "Until recently, Alkekengi was treated within Physalis; phylogenetic analysis showed that it does not fall within the strongly supported clade of New World Physalis (M. Whitson and P. S. Manos 2005)."

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Kentucky	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hurricane Creek	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	1,606

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2023. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 14. Magnoliophyta: Gentianaceae to Hydroleaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 505 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2015-05-29.pdf (Accessed 2015).